Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, carrot cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Carrot Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Carrot Cake is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have carrot cake using 24 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Carrot Cake:
- Take Honeycomb:
- Make ready Granulated Sugar,
- Prepare Golden Syrup,
- Make ready Maple Syrup,
- Take Water,
- Make ready Baking Soda,
- Make ready Cake Batter:
- Take Walnut Coarsely Chopped,
- Make ready Fresh Carrot Juice,
- Take Unbleached All Purpose Flour,
- Make ready Baking Powder,
- Take Baking Soda,
- Prepare Caster Sugar,
- Get Dark Muscovado Sugar,
- Prepare Sea Salt,
- Take Ground Cinnamon,
- Make ready Nutmeg Freshly Grated,
- Make ready Carrots Freshly Shredded Preferably Organic,
- Get Pure Vanilla Paste,
- Get Fresh Orange Zest, 1/2 Orange
- Take Canola / Peanut Oil, 120ml + More For Greasing
- Prepare For Serving:
- Get Fresh Carrot Juice,
- Make ready Fresh Orange Juice,
Instructions to make Carrot Cake:
- Prepare the honeycomb. - - Lined baking tray with aluminium foil. - - Lightly grease the foil with oil. - - In a sauce pot, add sugar, golden syrup, maple syrup and water.
- Turn the heat up to medium high. - - Place in a candy thermometer. - - Do not stir the mixture.
- Once the temperature reaches 148 degrees celsius or 300 fahrenheit, immediately remove from heat. - - It is best to remove from heat just before it reaches that temperature as it will still continue cooking. - - Immediately sieve in the baking soda.
- Stir lightly to combine well. - - You will see that the mixture will start to foam up rapidly. - - As soon as that happens, stop stirring and immediately transfer onto the baking tray. - - Do not try to smoothen the surface as it will collapse.
- Set aside to cool down completely, preferably overnight. - - You can crack into smaller piece and store them in an airtight container. - - Prepare the cake batter.
- In a skillet over medium heat, add walnuts. - - Saute and toast the walnuts for about 1 to 2 mins. - - Remove from heat and set aside to cool completely. - - Do not over toast the walnuts or it will turn bitter.
- In a sauce pot over medium-low heat, add carrot juice. - - Bring it up to a slow simmer. - - Continue to simmer until it reduce to about 1/4 cup or 63ml. - - Remove from heat and set aside to cool completely.
- Lightly grease the cake pan with oil. - - Lay parchment paper onto the bottom of the cake pan as well as the sides. - - Preheat oven to 190 degree celsius or 375 fahrenheit.
- In a large mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and salt. - - Mix to combine well. - - Add in cinnamon, nutmeg, shredded carrots, vanilla and orange zest. - - Mix to combine well. Mix, mix, mix.
- Lastly, add in carrot juice, oil and walnuts. - - Stir to combine well. - - Transfer the batter into the cake pan. - - Using an offset spatula to create an even surface.
- Wack into the oven and bake for about 40 to 45 mins. - - When you insert a skewer into the cake, the skewer should come out clean. - - Remove from oven and let cool completely. - - Unmold and cover with cling film and chill in the fridge at least for 48 hrs.
- To serve. - - In a sauce pot over medium-low heat, add carrot and orange juice. - - Bring it up to a slow simmer. - - Continue to simmer until it reduce to about 1/2.
- Remove from heat and set aside to cool completely. - - Spoon the reduced juice mixture onto serving plate. - - Place a slice of the carrot cake in the middle. - - Decorate with crack honeycomb pieces. - - Serve immediately.
So that is going to wrap it up with this exceptional food carrot cake recipe. Thanks so much for your time. I am confident that you will make this at home. There is gonna be interesting food in home recipes coming up. Remember to save this page on your browser, and share it to your family, colleague and friends. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!
